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Rage and Reason

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This is a riveting tale of a revolutionary out for justice. A mind-numbing mixture of intrigue, suspense, romance and comedy while two bumbling FBI agents struggle in vain to apprehend their fugitive. An ex-Special Forces veteran's crusade against the American culture of violence against our nonhuman brethren enlightens the reader with eye-opening detail, enhanced by surprise humor, depending on the reader's perspective. In a timely format, nearly ripped from the headlines, Tobias explores the most vile aspects of humanity, spiced up by a sensuous love affair between the hero/fugitive and a reluctant sympathizer.

A unique amalgam of Ingrid Newkirk's Free the Animals; Terry Gilliam's film, 12 Monkeys; and the action/adventure of Indiana Jones and James Bond, Rage & Reason will do for animal rights what The Monkey Wrench Gang did for ecology. Tobias' Felham is a radical Holden Caulfield (of Catcher in the Rye fame) for the 1990's with a mission to save Mother Earth.

Animal exploiters of the world might heed Felham's warning: Hell no hath no fury like a woman scorned. That woman is Mother Nature, and She's pretty irate.

Tobias has written a novel of such profoundly challenging emotions as to utterly re-invent nature writing. It is a deeply disturbing, enlightening, uplifting and exquisite tale that somehow combines Bambi, Green Mansions, and Crime & Punishment.

There was never an animal rights literary genre prior to this book. Yes, there was Bambi, Aesop's Fables, Shelley's Vindication of a Natural Diet, and the like. But Tobias takes these deeply-held convictions to a level that is so frightening and real as to force decision making in one's own life. That is rare. Everyone needs to read this major work of literature.

I am an unabashed fan of Michael Charles Tobias and am not about to give away one iota of the plot-line. Only to say that if you care about life, about animal protection, about the environment, and about great literature, then Rage & Reason is a MUST READ! (It would also be a MUST MOVIE!!!)

When an outraged ex-Special Forces veteran turns to violent retribution in defense of animals, his brother must negotiate the moral complexities of family loyalty versus loyalty to the larger human community, all the while struggling to understand what has driven his brother to kill. Tobias packs this novel with all the shocking horror and cruelty toward animals that is carefully hidden away by a speciesist society engaged in a tacit conspiracy against animals. A tour de force!

This book is a MUST read for any enlightened person! I buy this for everyone I know. It's a real "Edge of your seat" read but also gave me great satisfation concerning animal rights!

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I found the ending a sort of cop out, but I think it also helps to make the point that people are upset about the treatment of animals but really do nothing to change it but daydream. I found Animal Rights and Pornography a better read because it is much more edgy and dark, but I think they compliment each other well.

If you're debating as to whether or not you should buy this novel, quit now. Of course you should, and share it with everyone you know.